Helen, thank you very much. *sighs with happiness* Yes, I write every morning; on a fantasy novel which I started purely to please the folks on Littlemanpoet's 'serious fantasy writer' thread, and some stories. The novel's a real world / other world story with multigenerational protagonists. Have to stop myself or I'll be way off topic.
On PJ's limitations with goodness, I thought that the depiction of Frodolijiah and Sam's 'Best friendship,' in the Shire was a competent depiction of goodness. That was of course not in the book, but it was an understandable change when you think of all that has to be explained about an eccentric country 'master' and a smart, unusually educated 'servant'. I liked all the Shire material. The foreshadowing of Sam's later role in the adventure, the cornfield scene, for example, I found heavyhanded, but sincere and moving. I think the Shire sequence shows he can do justice to goodness, I really do. I was disappointed in the Lorien of the movie because it should be a place that embodies sunlight and they chose to show it at night, but I thought that they just misjudged the importance of light and golden-leaved trees rather than that they were unable to do goodness. Perhaps they couldn't make convincingly golden leaves. Beeches do that golden roofed look well, but there may be no beech forests in New Zealand, I don't actually know. The director barks 'Get me some beeches! At least 50 feet tall! Comandeer a container ship, just get it done! Rip up Nottingham forest if you have to!'
[ June 15, 2002: Message edited by: Nar ]
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